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François Charles Mauriac (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ʃaʁl moʁjak], Occitan: Francés Carles Mauriac; 11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française (from 1933), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952).
Mar 26, 2024 · François Mauriac was a novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, journalist, and winner in 1952 of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He belonged to the lineage of French Catholic writers who examined the ugly realities of modern life in the light of eternity. His major novels are sombre, austere.
François Mauriac, né le 11 octobre 1885 à Bordeaux et mort le 1 er septembre 1970 à Paris, est un écrivain français. Lauréat du Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française en 1926, il est élu membre de l' Académie française au fauteuil no 22 en 1933. Il reçoit le prix Nobel de littérature en 1952 2 .
Biographical. François Mauriac (1885-1970) was born in Bordeaux. His father, a banker, died when he was eighteen months old, leaving his mother with five children, of which he was the youngest. François grew up in a closely sheltered world, first under the protection of his mother, later in a school run by the Marianites.
Mauriac is acknowledged to be one of the greatest Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century. François Charles Mauriac was a French writer and a member of the Académie française. He was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of ...
Born: 11 October 1885, Bordeaux, France. Died: 1 September 1970, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life”. Language: French.
Quick Reference. (1885–1970) French novelist. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1933 and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1952. Mauriac was born in Bordeaux, the setting for many of his novels, into a pious family of the upper middle classes.
